User's Manual

InfiNet Wireless R5000 Technical User Manual
Copyright © 2004-2006 by InfiNet Wireless Limited.
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6. IP address formats
Many commands of the operating system require specification of IP addresses.
In OS WANFleX, the IP-addressees may be specified in traditional numeric
format. Optionally, the mask may be specified either by its bit length (the
specified number of leading bits in the mask are set to 1, the remaining bits are
reset to 0) or numeric value. The IP address 0/0 denotes all possible IP
addresses.
Therefore, the possible formats to specify IP-addresses are:
nn.nn.nn.nn (no mask is used)
nn.nn.nn.nn/N (N is the bit length of the mask)
nn.nn.nn.nn:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the numerical value of the
mask)
Example:
The 192.168.9.0/24 address describes the network address 192.168.9.0 and the
mask with leading 24 bits on.
The same set of addresses may be denoted as 192.168.9.0:255.255.255.0.
7. Ethernet interface configuration
In the most basic form Ethernet interface can be configured as follows:
ifconfig eth0 1.1.1.1/24 up
UP flag means than the interface is turned to UP state.
Also you can specify the following parameters for the Ethernet interface:
• Media type. By default media type is selected automatically (media
auto parameter).
• Assign aliases to the Ethernet interface (alias key word)
Full information about interfaces configuration can be reviewed in OS WanFlex
User Guide – ifconfig command.
8. Radio interface configuration
Radio interface configuration is performed using “rfconfig” command. In its
most basic form one need to configure the following parameters of the radio
interface:
• Frequency (freq parameter) in MHz. For example, 5260.
• Bit-rate (bitr parameter). Bit transfer rate in kBits/sec.
• System identifier (SID parameter). A hexadecimal number in the range
of 1H to FFFFFFH. All routers that are supposed to see each other on the
same radio link must have the same identifier.
Radio interface state is not saved in the configuration. That means
that if you put radio interface to the down state after rebooting it will
be in the up state.
To learn your device’s radio module capabilities type the command:
rfconfig <IF-NAME> capabilitites
<IF-NAME> - radio interface name. Can be read on the device’s labeling located
on the case.